I am going to assume that this kind of error coin is quite common for widows mite, but does being a double strike add any value to it? 11.5 mm 2.2 grams
I would imagine these were struck in such vast quantities that errors such as that are not uncommon. Neat coin regardless!
I have a lot of 20 handy. None of them were double struck. About 25% were off struck. About that many had flans smaller than the die features. Based on that, I would say your coin is not common. I would guess there are more out there due to the number minted.
Hmmm? ... nope, it doesn't look like it, eh? (my guy had a steady hand) ... although I love 'em, I don't think that double-strikes are considered more valuable where "ancient coins" are concerned? (quite the opposite, actually) ... but I still think that your coin is cool => keep-up the awesome collecting!! Oh, I see what you mean => your coin has a bit of a super double-strike (yes, it is pretty cool => it's more like an error coin than merely a double-strike ... congrats)
Yes, it is double struck but that adds no monetary value, though I personally find mint errors very interesting.
I agree fully with Ken's view. I do not pay high prices for errors but I forgive their ugliness more easily than with regular coins equally ugly so I guess you could say I do pay more since I buy them and don't buy normals unless they are better. The exception is when the error is something that teaches me something about the coining process or is just so cute I can not resist. Modern collectors call very minor oddities 'errors' but ancients like that are just poorly made an worth a lot less than perfect coins. An ancient error coin has to be extreme to be worth a much as a normal coin otherwise the same.
